摄录

攝錄

shèlù

verb #34,413

Meanings

1 to film and record
2 to videotape; to record video

Characters

to capture (an image); to photograph

Examples

HSK 5

记者在现场摄录了整个过程。

Jìzhě zài xiànchǎng shèlù le zhěnggè guòchéng.

The reporter filmed the entire process on site.

HSK 7-9

请勿擅自摄录。

Qǐngwù shànzì shèlù.

Please do not record without permission.

Tips

usage

More common in Hong Kong and formal Mainland writing than in casual speech, where 录像 or 拍 are used. The compound captures both senses: 摄 (capture image, as in 摄影) + 录 (record sound/data, as in 录音).

Stroke Order

摄 shè

录 lù